Jimna, Queensland
| Jimna Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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_(2007).jpg) Jimna Single Men's Barracks (former), 2007 | |||||||||||||||
  Jimna | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 26°39′39″S 152°27′54″E / 26.6609°S 152.4649°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 70 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.222/km2 (0.57/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4515 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 315.8 km2 (121.9 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | |||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Somerset Region | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Nanango | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Blair | ||||||||||||||
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Jimna is a rural town and locality in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia.[2][3] In the 2021 census, the locality of Jimna had a population of 70 people.[1]
Geography
[edit]Jimna is situated on the Jimna Range approximately 1690 feet (515.11 metres) above sea level.[4]
Jimna Diggings is a neighbourhood in the east of the locality, an area historically used for gold mining (26°42′28″S 152°32′06″E / 26.7078°S 152.5350°E).[5][6]
Mountains
[edit]Jimna has the following mountains (from north to south):[7]
- Summer Mountain (26°39′52″S 152°33′54″E / 26.6645°S 152.5650°E), rising to 790 metres (2,590 ft) above sea level[8][9]
- Mount Rollman (26°41′53″S 152°32′57″E / 26.6981°S 152.5491°E) 733 metres (2,405 ft)[8][10]
- Mount Cabinet (26°42′46″S 152°34′01″E / 26.7128°S 152.5670°E) 816 metres (2,677 ft)[8][11]
- Mount Constance (26°43′39″S 152°33′41″E / 26.7276°S 152.5613°E) 777 metres (2,549 ft)[8][12]
- Mount Langley (26°44′01″S 152°35′07″E / 26.7337°S 152.5852°E) 868 metres (2,848 ft)[8][13]
- Mount Denmark (26°44′04″S 152°32′51″E / 26.7344°S 152.5476°E) 735 metres (2,411 ft)[8][14]
- Jinker Hill (26°44′12″S 152°27′57″E / 26.7367°S 152.4658°E) 545 metres (1,788 ft)[8][15]
- Mount Adelaide (26°44′13″S 152°33′11″E / 26.7370°S 152.5531°E) 752 metres (2,467 ft)[8][16]
- Mount Lofty (26°44′42″S 152°33′26″E / 26.7449°S 152.5573°E) 763 metres (2,503 ft)[8][17]
- Grey Bluff (26°45′02″S 152°28′22″E / 26.7505°S 152.4729°E) 450 metres (1,480 ft)[8][18]
- Little Bluff (26°45′06″S 152°28′42″E / 26.7518°S 152.4783°E) 450 metres (1,480 ft)[8][19]
- Red Bluff (26°45′32″S 152°28′48″E / 26.7588°S 152.4801°E) 465 metres (1,526 ft)[8][20]
History
[edit]Duungidjawu (also known as Wakka Wakka) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken on Duungidjawu country. The Duungidjawu language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of Somerset Region, particularly the towns of Kilcoy and Moore.[21]
The name Jimna is believed to be an Aboriginal word djimna meaning place of leeches.[2][3]
The first Jimna Post Office opened on 1 July 1868 and closed in 1879. A receiving office was open from 1891 to 1909, and from 1925 until the second Jimna Post Office opened on 1 July 1927. This closed in 1981.[22]
In 1887, 42,880 acres (17,350 ha) of land were resumed from the Yabba pastoral run for the establishment of small farms. The land was offered for selection on 17 April 1887.[23]
Monsildale Provisional School opened on 2 June 1913. In 1923, the school was moved and renamed Foxlowe Provisional School. On 25 June 1926 it was renamed Jimna Provisional School. On 1 October 1934, it became Jimna State School. It was mothballed on 31 December 2006 and closed on 31 December 2009. (In about 1941, a separate Monsildale State School was opened but closed about 1961.)[24][25][26][27] It was at 21 School Road (26°39′43″S 152°27′44″E / 26.6619°S 152.4623°E).[28] The Jimna school site was developed as a camping ground retaining the school buildings and other facilities.[29] The school's website was archived.[30]
Commercial loggers Hancock and Gore moved their sawmill from Monsildale to what would become Jimna in 1922. The sawmill was burnt down in 1947.[31]
The state government established a hoop pine nursery at Jimna in 1935. Jimna hall was opened in 1934.[31] When sawmilling contracted in the mid 1970s, the town's population reduced significantly.[31]
Demographics
[edit]In the 2016 census, the locality of Jimna had a population of 91 people.[32]
In the 2021 census, the locality of Jimna had a population of 70 people.[1]
Heritage listings
[edit]Jimna has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
- Jimna Fire Tower, Kilcoy-Murgon Road[33]
- former Jimna Single Men's Barracks, 4 Tip Road[4]
Education
[edit]There are no schools in Jimna. The nearest government primary schools are Kenilworth State Community College in Kenilworth to the east, Woodford State School in Woodford to the south-east, Mount Kilcoy State School in neighbouring Mount Kilcoy to the south, and Kilcoy State School in Kilcoy to the south. The nearest government secondary schools are Kilcoy State High School (to Year 12) in Kilcoy to the south, Woodford State School (to Year 10) in Woodford to the south-east, and Mary Valley State College (to Year 10) in Imbil to the north-east.[34]
Amentities
[edit]Jimna Cricket Oval also serves as a camping ground and heliport (26°39′46″S 152°27′43″E / 26.6627°S 152.4620°E). It is adjacent to the Jimna Hall and the Jimna Sporting Club.[35][36][37]
Attractions
[edit]Jimna has a number of tourist attractions:
- Eugenia Track Viewing Platform, off Peach Trees Road (26°38′17″S 152°27′30″E / 26.6380°S 152.4584°E)[38][39]
- Yednia Lookout (26°45′37″S 152°28′46″E / 26.7604°S 152.4794°E)[38]
- Yeilo Lookout (26°45′33″S 152°28′48″E / 26.7592°S 152.4799°E)[38]
References
[edit]
- ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Jimna (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
- ^ a b "Jimna – town in Somerset Region (entry 17229)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
- ^ a b "Jimna – locality in Somerset Region (entry 44876)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
- ^ a b "Jimna Single Men's Barracks (former) (entry 602685)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
- ^ "Jimna Diggings – locality unbounded in Somerset Regional (entry 17211)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
- ^ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ^ "Layers: Locality; Mountains and ranges; Contours; Watercourses". Queensland Globe. Queensland Government. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Mountain peaks and capes - Queensland". Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government. 12 November 2020. Archived from the original on 25 November 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
- ^ "Summer Mountain – mountain in Somerset Region (entry 32804)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
- ^ "Mount Rollman – mountain in Somerset Region (entry 28964)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
- ^ "Mount Cabinet – mountain in Somerset Region (entry 5639)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
- ^ "Mount Constance – mountain in Somerset Region (entry 7977)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
- ^ "Mount Langley – mountain in Somerset Region (entry 18961)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
- ^ "Mount Denmark – mountain in Somerset Region (entry 9748)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
- ^ "Jinker Hill – mountain in Somerset Region (entry 17245)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
- ^ "Mount Adelaide – mountain in Somerset Region (entry 120)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
- ^ "Mount Lofty – mountain in Somerset Region (entry 19880)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
- ^ "Grey Bluff – mountain in Somerset Region (entry 49077)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
- ^ "Little Bluff – mountain in Somerset Region (entry 49078)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
- ^ "Red Bluff – mountain in Somerset Region (entry 49079)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
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This Wikipedia article incorporates CC BY 4.0 licensed text from: "Duungidjawu". Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages map. State Library of Queensland. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
- ^ Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Archived from the original on 15 May 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
- ^ "Proclamations under the New Land Acts". The Brisbane Courier. Queensland, Australia. 2 March 1877. p. 3. Archived from the original on 27 August 2020. Retrieved 20 February 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ "Opening and closing dates of Queensland Schools". Queensland Government. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
- ^ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
- ^ "Agency ID 5357, Jimna State School". Queensland State Archives. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
- ^ "Queensland state school - centre closures" (PDF). Queensland Government. 20 August 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 March 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
- ^ "Nanango" (Map). Queensland Government. 1944. Archived from the original on 19 January 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
- ^ "Jimna Base Camp, Jimna Camping". Hipcamp. Archived from the original on 21 June 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
- ^ "Home Page". Jimna State School. 6 February 2007. Archived from the original on 6 February 2007. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
- ^ a b c Environmental Protection Agency (Queensland) (2000). Heritage Trails of the Great South East. State of Queensland. pp. 162–163. ISBN 0-7345-1008-X.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Jimna (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- ^ "Jimna Fire Tower (entry 601814)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
- ^ "Layers: Locality; Schools and school catchments". Queensland Globe. Queensland Government. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
- ^ "Group Bookings". Jimna Base Camp. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
- ^ "Heliports and landing grounds - Queensland". Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government. 22 October 2020. Archived from the original on 16 November 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ "OZHCI Jimna Cricket Oval". www.ozrunways.com. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
- ^ a b c "Tourist points - Queensland". Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government. 18 November 2020. Archived from the original on 24 November 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
- ^ "Things to do | Jimna State Forest". Parks and forests. Queensland Government. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
